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  EDline Vol. 8, no. 63   (23 May 2003)

  Editorial mailing list (digest version)
  Published by the Electric Editors
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  Contents:

         Business matters
  [4hz]  Handling and checking foreign quotes

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---[4]-- Business matters ---------------------------------------

         Date: Mon, 19 May 2003
         From: Mari Gordon, Mari.Gordon@nmgw.ac.uk

Viviane Lowe wrote:

> Can those of you working in academic publishing explain what
> process is usually followed? Is it not common practice to have
> all foreign phrases and quotes checked by a native speaker? 
> I can only assume that publishers rely on authors to get
> foreign phrases right. Maybe it isn't economical to hire
> another editor to correct errors that will only irritate a
> small minority of readers?

On a similar theme, working in a bilingual environment (English
and Welsh) I'm very aware of the issue of names of
organisations / institutions being incorrectly or inconsistently
translated. I just can't understand why translators don't think
to have a quick shifty at someone's website to find out what they
call themselves in both Welsh and English - and then stick to the
correct name throughout (I've seen documents with e.g. the Arts
Council of Wales given three different Welsh names!)It's
something I've learnt to automatically look at when checking
text.

I also check poetry on the web, most well-known poems (fiction
sometimes too) can be found on the internet (although make sure
it's a reputable site of course)and works of art too.


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